Chapter 420: A Small Interlude (3.5k)
“What did you talk to him about for so long?”
After Su Jiu hung up the phone, Bai Zhi held up a paper umbrella and carefully looked at the bluestone. She moved to Su Jiu’s side, her eyes twinkling with little flowers, appearing very curious.
Su Jiu returned the phone to Bai Zhi, then looked up at the falling frost and snow, and replied with a smile, “Nothing much, your Yin-Yang water is sorted.”
A Black-clad Bishop submitting directly to the APP could likely earn fifty thousand or even more merit points. This way, the matter of protecting the fetus should be settled.
“Eh? Didn’t you just say you still needed sixty thousand merit points? How did you gather them so quickly?” Bai Zhi’s face showed a slight smile. She took Su Jiu’s arm, tilted her head, and asked.
“It’s a secret.”
With a mysterious smile, Su Jiu pointed a finger at Bai Zhi’s lips and said softly, his eyes casting towards a certain silver line in the sky.
He then turned to Lin Mei, who was not far away, waved her over, pointed to a gate that looked like parallel bamboo stalks not far ahead, and shouted, “Master Lin Fang, this is my personal guest room, right?”
“…Indeed.”
Glancing at that room, Lin Mei’s gaze finally settled on the silver line in the sky. She squinted her eyes, and after a moment, her eyes met Su Jiu’s. She nodded slightly, smiled, and said, “It’s getting late, you can rest here. Da Bai, I’ve arranged separate accommodation for you.”
Listening to their conversation, Bai Zhi, who had no cultivation, looked at the bamboo door with some doubt. She pointed at the bamboo door, quite confused, “Isn’t this the dyeing room…”
Before she could finish speaking, Su Jiu reached out, flicked her forehead with his fingers, his pupils shifted slightly upwards, and he smiled lightly, “Be good, go take a hot bath, and wait for me on the bed.”
Hearing Su Jiu’s suggestive words, Bai Zhi was naturally not foolish. Since Su Jiu had already hinted so much, she smiled slightly and responded, “Okay.”
“Da Bai, let me take you to the bathhouse. It’s night, and there are no staff around. How comfortable would it be to take a bath in the snowy night?”
Seeing that their conversation was finished, Lin Mei also held up a dark purple paper umbrella, walked over, took Bai Zhi’s hand, hummed an inexplicable opera tune, and strolled towards another small stone path, appearing quite leisurely.
“Stop playing!”
Watching their backs gradually disappear, Su Jiu summoned E Huo to his side. Seeing that he was still playing the little game, Su Jiu twitched his mouth, tugged E Huo’s little face, and transmitted through their unique telepathy, “Didn’t you feel how many people came on that silver thread?”
E Huo, whose face was tugged, was slightly stunned. He dispersed his mental power slightly, put away his phone as if nothing had happened, and transmitted through the tugged face, “Then Mama, what should we do? Should we act directly? It seems like there’s only one person that E Huo can’t see through.”
“Wait.”
“Wait?”
Su Jiu released E Huo’s elastic cheek, then took his hand and opened the bamboo door, continuing to transmit through his arm, “We’ll wait for the right moment and try to trick some information out of them. I have a feeling that as a Black-clad Bishop, he must know something.”
The bamboo door was opened with a “click!” A gust of cool wind rushed out, carrying the smell of paint. Su Jiu could see rows of dried cloth – a very traditional way of making clothes.
…
“Mama, it’s so dark inside.” Seeing the door open, E Huo followed Su Jiu, like a normal little girl, holding his hand and shrinking back.
“Don’t be afraid, Mama is a Peerless Battle General, a very strong one.”
Su Jiu stroked E Huo’s head and walked in first. Before he could turn on the light, the door was suddenly closed with a “bang!”. The entire room shook, and suddenly, it was as if it was covered by a formation. Several light barriers appeared, in purple-black hues, emitting a bloody smell.
“Who’s there?”
Su Jiu heavily hammered the energy wall, finding that it only rippled slightly. He asked in a very formal manner, then shielded E Huo behind him, looking around, and a hint of panic involuntarily appeared on his face.
As Su Jiu spoke, the several windows around them suddenly shattered with a “crash!”. Glass fragments fell like raindrops, the sound echoing in the empty room, quite terrifying.
Immediately after, several figures flashed and finally formed a circle, completely surrounding Su Jiu and the other person. The moonlight, inadvertently revealed, illuminated their specific attire – black monk robes. Almost everyone exuded a High-ranking War General Level aura, clearly these were Shadow-level figures.
The burly man in the center had the strength of an Initial Stage Battle King. His clothes were different. Su Jiu had seen them before; this was a Bishop-level figure. He grinned, revealing a mouth with a long scar, and said, “You killed my brother, and you can’t escape. This formation cannot be broken without the strength of a Battle King.”
Suddenly becoming calm, Su Jiu narrowed his eyes and looked at them, then showed a smile, feigning confidence, and asked faintly, “You people of the Ancient God Sect, do you know who I am? What threat can you pose to me?”
After speaking, Su Jiu extended his nails, which suddenly turned into a green shadow and shot out. Immediately, the sound of tearing and ripping was heard in mid-air. Then, those Shadow-level figures instantly bled to death on the spot.
“A Peerless Battle General of this intensity might actually be able to kill me. What is the Bishop Grandmaster waiting for…”
Only the burly man stood there, swallowing his saliva. He inadvertently glanced outside the formation and didn’t hesitate to act. He hurriedly picked up a large cleaver with his hand, and a silver-gray domain instantly armed his entire body.
E Huo watched from behind, while Su Jiu didn’t attack him immediately. He asked with interest, “You’re only at the Bishop-level, how dare you be so eager to attack the Night Watchers? Or are you afraid I’ll interrogate you for some information about the Northern Expedition?”
When the burly Bishop heard the words “Northern Expedition,” he hesitated slightly. Then, a true killing intent appeared in his eyes. He suddenly smiled sinisterly and said, “What if you interrogate me? Now, you can’t get out.”
Su Jiu smiled faintly, “With you alone? An Initial Stage Battle King with no combat experience?”
“What if you add me?”
At this moment, someone walked in from outside the formation. A thin old man wearing a gentleman’s hat and a black Bishop’s robe walked towards the two of them. His black leather boots made a “da da” sound. The golden Cross necklace tied to the pocket watch in his hand made him look like an 80s American aristocrat.
E Huo cooperatively grabbed Su Jiu’s clothes, showing the fear a child should have, trembling all over.
“Heh heh, you are just the lowest-ranking canine of Dragon Country. You dared to move my Bishop and still want to leave?”
Slightly raising his head, his cloudy eyes looked directly at Su Jiu and the other person, smiling casually, as if he had them cornered.
Su Jiu’s gaze fell on the golden cross necklace on the old man’s pocket watch. He narrowed his eyes, his voice filled with surprise, “You are… a Black-clad Bishop?”
“Heh heh, precisely,” the old man said, smiling at Su Jiu. He exuded a High-Rank Battle King aura, seemingly unconcerned about the other party escaping, and leisurely put his hands behind his back.
“What? Was it you who planned the Northern Kingdom Project?” Su Jiu put E Huo behind him with one hand, his face full of caution, and asked in a deep voice.
The old man took off his hat and, like a gentleman, smiled and shook his head, saying sincerely, “I don’t have that much ability.”
Sensing the seriousness on Su Jiu’s face, the old man, as if he had victory in hand, said faintly, “It’s okay to tell you. That great plan is presided over by Lord Singer. Twelve cities will raise the formation core into the sky, transforming into constellations to illuminate the direction of the Lord of the Gods’ descent.”
“Twelve cities? You want to sacrifice twelve capital cities? You lunatics!”
Su Jiu gritted his teeth and cursed. In his heart, he understood. As in the novels, they would have various personnel and summoning formations set up near the twelve capital cities.
These were just to verify if things were proceeding as in the novel. The next question was the key…
“Go check if anyone is coming outside. I can sense a not-so-simple aura in Lin Fang observing this place—I should send this Night Watcher lady on her way.”
Glancing at the burly Bishop, the old man smiled faintly. His hat surprisingly transformed into a short dagger, and he slowly approached.
“Yes!”
The burly man nodded quickly, then passed through the formation barrier and went outside…
Watching the burly man’s disappearing figure, Su Jiu tried his best to show fear on his face. He took E Huo behind him and retreated a step, gritting his teeth as if cursing before death, “Your arrangements will be useless! Our country has sent many people there, and you can’t stir up any waves at all!”
“Haha…”
Hearing Su Jiu’s naive and innocent words, the old man stopped, then showed a richer smile. After chuckling gloomily, as if seeing Su Jiu about to die, he said condescendingly, “The armies composed of scattered organizations are insignificant. Not to mention how many informants we have inside, and moreover…”
He stopped two meters in front of Su Jiu, parted his emaciated mouth, revealing teeth that resembled sharp spikes, and chuckled, “We have also prepared sacrificial formations for them. When the strong individuals are drawn away, the formations will immediately activate. Without the power of dozens of Battle Kings, they cannot be broken… Alright, it’s time to send…”
“You on your way.”
However, before he could finish this sentence, a clear female voice, with a hint of playfulness, echoed in the room.
As the old man was about to look up and mock Su Jiu for his overestimation of himself, he saw Su Jiu slowly take out a black and red token from his ring. The cloudy pupils seemed to clear up instantly, and he involuntarily said, “This is the Shiyu Order… Damn it… that kid tricked me?”
With his age and high-rank Battle King strength, he could not contend with a younger adult, and even fighting with a moderately powerful late-stage Intermediate Battle King would be tough.
He immediately wanted to turn and run, but he faintly heard the sound of breaking air mixed with dragon roars. His vision instantly blurred. It seemed like blood rushed to his retinas, and he didn’t even have time to summon his beast pet…
Without rushing out, Su Jiu took photos of all the corpses and uploaded them. Then his gaze fell on the old man’s corpse, and he thought of the recommendation letter in his ring…
With a slight hook of his lips, he crouched down and carefully stripped the Black-clad Bishop’s attire off, even collecting the pocket watch and cross into his ring. Since he had to infiltrate, she could naturally play a part…
“Bishop Grandmaster, not yet… dead.”
The formation around them rippled again. The previous burly man walked in and saw Su Jiu squatting in front of the old man’s corpse. His voice seemed to be stuck in his throat.
“Got it…”
Seeing Su Jiu’s indifferent demeanor, his mind raced. He saw E Huo, only two steps away, picking up “loot.”
He suddenly lunged towards E Huo to attack, but he didn’t notice a short quenching dagger that instantly sliced his hands. Coincidentally, Su Jiu’s voice also rang out—”Leave one alive, and hand him over to the local Dragon Hunters Alliance for interrogation tomorrow.”
Although he couldn’t get much information from this Bishop-level person either, it was better than nothing. Well, now he had to take a bath, he was covered in the smell of blood.
…
Somewhere in Lin Fang.
A faint steam emanated from the window. Inside, the artificial hot spring gurgled, with a few plum blossoms drifting with the flowing water.
A winding corridor was built over the hot spring, connecting both sides. In the white mist of the hot spring, a graceful figure seemed to be swimming.
The young girl leaned back against an artificial rock, gently covering her smooth and slightly bulging abdomen. Her gaze involuntarily shifted down, looking at the smoother area below, where two small tooth-mark scars remained.
Even though a long time had passed, the three wounds itched faintly, making her unable to resist cursing, “Flirt!”
Then, she began to “take care of herself.” After a short while, her face flushed, her legs involuntarily clamped together, and with a gush, she instinctively leaned back, only to see that smiling, teasing face.
“Little Fool, whattt are you doing~”
